On November 11 we honor military veterans. In my research, however, I have come across ancestors and relatives who served in and around the military during times of war and conflict. I would like to honor them as well. And it must be said that many did not return and those that did were changed forever.
American Revolution
- Jonathan Buttles, Connecticut; Capt. in the 18th Regiment CT Militia
- Cornelius Carhart, Major 2nd Hunterdon Regt. and Captain, 3rd Hunterdon Regt. New Jersey
- Moses Cowdrey, Connecticut; Private in the Old Continental Army
- George Emlen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Samuel Howell, (1722-1805), member of the Committee of Safety
- Samuel Howell, (1748-1802), served as General Washington’s bodyguard and also as a private in the First Troop of cavalry
- Samuel Leigh, Capt. John Hunt’s Co., 1st Regiment, Hunterdon Co., NJ militia
- Richard Mount, Monmouth County, New Jersey
- William Mount, private, Capt. Nixon’s Company of Horse
- Isaac Roach, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; commissioned by Benjamin Franklin
- Joseph Tompkins, enlisted in the Revolutionary War and was killed at the battle of White Plains, 28 October 1776
- Hartman M Vreeland, New Jersey
War of 1812
- Isaac Roach, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; POW in Quebec, described by Henry Clay in speech on the new army bill in 1813
Civil War
- Samuel Foster Buttles was a member of the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, and received a gun-shot wound in the back, at the battle of Gettysburg, which finally caused his death in 1884.
- Theron L. Cowdrey, 25th Regiment Connecticut Infantry, Co. E, served as a private
- Charles J. Eastabrook, Pennsylvania; enlisted 28 May 1865, served as Com’s Sergeant of 141st Pennsylvania Volunteers, wounded
- Erasmus Percival Hine, Bradford, Pennsylvania. Served in 141 Regiment Co. D Pennsylvania Volunteers
- Benjamin Jones, Private, Co. C, 10 New Jersey Volunteers
- Benjamin Walter Jones, Civil War Union Army Officer. He served in the Civil War as Captain and commander of Company I, 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry, being mustered in on August 29, 1861. On September 20, 1862, he was discharged due to disability.
- Ivins Davis Jones, Became a Captain of Company C of the First New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and later as a Major in the 1st NJ Vol. Cavalry. Also enlisted in 1st Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry Cole’s Brigade, Co M
- Anthony Jones Morris, Private, 1st Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers
- Hiram Mount, New Jersey, United States; commissioned 1st lieutenant Co. C, 29th NJ Volunteers and mustered out in 1863
- George Mortimer Prince, enrolled in Co. G, 5th regiment of NY Cavalry, medical discharge
- James L. Prince, drafted at age 25 on Sept. 26, 1864, for 1 yr.; and mustered at Troy, Pennsylvania. He was assigned to Company A, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and was discharged by General Order on June 28, 1865. dis. June 28, ’65.
- Stephen Vreeland Van Ripen, enlisted in the 126th New York Infantry Co. J, taken prisoner at battle Sep 1862, paroled and discharged on medical disability.
- John Vought, served in Company B of the 76th Pennsylvania Infantry
- Nicholas D. Vreeland, served in the NJ Infantry, 22nd Regiment, Co. A
Spanish American War
- George V Buttles, Spanish American War, Company M
Mexican Expedition
- Harold Doremus Tompkins
World War I
- Oscar Ayres
- Carol Mather Blackman, worked in the YMCA Canteen in France
- Francis Mumford Gibbs
- William S.Hancock
- Walter B.Holton
- Elizabeth Brightly Jones, nurse
- Clarence Kinsley
- Harold A.Leigh
- George Dewey Lewis
- Milton Pierson Lewis, WWI veteran – cpl US Army Co H 114th Infantry 29 Division
- Samuel Lewis
- Robert Martin, Served in the Navy during WWI, quartermaster
- Burns Wilson Mount joined Ohio National Co F 3rd Infantry, Co F 166 AEF
- George Raymond Prince, served in the Navy
- Philip Hine Prince, registered as a Pvt. in the Engineers, 2 Jun 1918, assigned to Co. B, 548th Engineers, promoted to sergeant 1 Oct. 1918, released 29 Jul 1919
- Harold E Stackhouse, Mercer County, New Jersey
- William Johnson Taylor
- Henry Wolcott Toll
- Harold Doremus Tompkins, served in the signal corps of the New Jersey National Guard in France; served as a lieutenant with the American Expeditionary Forces
- Carl W. Vietor, Served in the Motor Transport Corps
- Harold Van Pelt Vreeland, Served in the Medical Corps, July 1, 1918 to April 1919
- Horace Wills, Lieutenant
World War II
- Stanley Bernard Bean, Fort Dix, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
- Quentin Clayton
- Drayton Cochran served from July 1941 to March 1946 in the Atlantic Theatre; commanding officer of USS PC-486 in the invasion of Amchitka, and commanding officer of USS Keith (DE-241) and USS Robert I. Paine (DE-578) in the Atlantic. He left the service as a lieutenant commander.
- Earl Goodman, Navy 1943-1946
- Barclay Gibbs Jones, drafted and served in Company E 379th Infantry 95th Division, POW
- Elwood Oscar Jones, served aboard the USS Essex; served in the Navy
- Clarence Paul Kinsley, battle medic
- Wilbur Sherman served in Europe
- Robert Stanton, served in the South Pacific; flight engineer flew with the Navy
- William Dorus Stubenbord, served in the Navy’s Medical Corps, retiring as a captain
- Gertrude Vreeland Tompkins, WASP, died in service
Korean War
- Samuel Emlen Howell Jones
General Service
- Myron Percival Brown, Corporal, United States Air Service
- Barclay G. Jones IV
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